This paper addresses the evolving nature of agriculture in the Danube Delta, since the 1950s and to the present day. The paper makes the inventory of the studies and programs aimed at increasing the share of the agricultural activities in the Delta, of the attempts to transform the Danube Delta...

The countryside, the rural area, the open space, ... many definitions are used for rural Flanders. Everyone makes its own interpretation of the countryside, considering it as a place for living, working or recreating. The countryside is more than just a geographical area: it is an aggregate of...

The European Union has a common rural development policy, motivated by the fact that more than 90% of the entire European territory can be classified as rural and 56% of European citizens live in rural areas. Each Member State sets out a Rural Development Programme (RDP) focused on three main...

Family farming plays an important role in food security and sustainable rural development, in both developed and developing countries. If in recent history, Western Europe was based on a strong sector of family farming, for Romania and other former communist countries, it reappeared in the...

The basis of regenerative agriculture is represented by its main element, namely the soil. Ensuring good soil health will lead to many beneficial effects on agricultural ecosystems. Among the main beneficial effects of soil health we can list the management of groundwater resources and...

This paper aims to broadly develop the concept of bioeconomy from the perspective of agricultural producers, presenting an analysis of the current challenges as well as the future trends in this field. In the coming period, the world economy is moving towards increased competition for limited...